Chapter 98. Secret Talent

Valerie couldn’t hold back her laugh. “I’ll get right on it.”

As she left the room, Valerie’s heart felt lighter. She loved discovering these softer, more vulnerable sides to Antonio.

Valerie smiled to herself as she walked down the hallway, her mind still lingering on the sweet moment she’d just shared with Antonio. The thought of him secretly knitting for her and Landon was unexpectedly endearing, a side of him she hadn’t fully realized until now. It made her love him even more.

As she entered her studio, she set her sketchbook down on the table, glancing at the canvas she had been working on. Her hands moved instinctively to pick up her paintbrush, but her thoughts kept drifting back to Antonio and their conversation about having a daughter.

Sofia.

The name echoed in her mind, filling her with warmth. She could picture a little girl with Antonio’s dark eyes and her smile, running around the house in one of those hand-knitted sweaters.

Valerie shook he